A three year postdoctoral position is available in the Department of Statistics, University of California, Davis, beginning Fall 2012. The applicant should be a recent Ph.D. in Statistics or Biostatistics. We are seeking candidates that have the background and the capability of developing cutting edge statistical / computational methodology pertaining to modern areas of statistics involving large and complex data, such as medical imaging, visualization, graphical models, statistical network analysis, functional data analysis, manifold learning or statistical computing.

This position is funded through an NSF Research Training Group (RTG) and is open to US citizens and permanent residents. The postdoctoral fellow is expected to be an active member of the RTG, which consists of a dynamic group of Statistics faculty and collaborators from Neuroscience, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Cosmology and Entomology. RTG activities include teaching and training/mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students. Women and underrepresented minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information contact Professor Wolfgang Polonik (wpolonik@ucdavis.edu). To apply, please go to http://www.stat.ucdavis.edu/employment/academic/. The position is open until filled. For full consideration please apply by June 30, 2012.